Chapter Five:
Grimmauld Place:
"Make a wish Harry" Ginny, Harry's girlfriend said, as Harry lent over his sixteenth birthday cake to blow out the candles.
Harry knew what he would wish for he had been wishing the same thing since he first learned that his parents had died.
He blew out the candles, and every one cheered.
Sirius, Harry's godfather stood next to his godson as proud of the boy as ever before. Harry just last year had rescued him from the veil that would have been his death, had he not pushed him out of the way of the stunner, he would be forever in his godson's debt for that.
It was such a pleasure to see Harry laughing and enjoying himself among people he loved, it did not happen so often, thanks to Voldemort and his obsession to kill those around Harry, just last year alone Harry had lost his friend Luna Lovegood at the battle in the department of mysteries.
Shortly after the event he had been told the prophecy that would end it all good or bad. Harry now as he thought had a reason to blame himself for every death that happened in between now and that final battle, there fore leaving him sad and serious most of time, something that a kid of his age should never have to be.
The party continued until nine o'clock that evening, as everybody needed a good night sleep as they were going to diagon alley tomorrow to visit Fred and George's shop.
Harry thanked everyone grandly for their gifts and for the party, that had been the first time he had ever had a birthday party, the Dursley's had seen to that, but he did not live with them anymore, not since earlier this summer their abusive nature towards Harry had been discovered by Remus Lupin and Sirius Black.
He then headed up to bed, hoping that tonight no nightmares would torture his sleep, but Voldemort would have other ideas in plan for his "birthday gift".
James sat in his kitchen contemplating whether or not to go and visit his old friends, it could not do anything damaging, could it?
He missed them so much; one visit would not hurt, would it?
"That's it I am going" he said out loud to himself.
He got out of his bar stool seat and proceeded to right a note to his wife telling him he was going out for a little while, just then she herself walked into the room.
"Hi sweetie" she said and kissed him swiftly on the cheek, as she went to go put her groceries in the refrigerator.
"Hi hon. hey um I am going out for a while"
"Where to?" She asked confused, usually on this day they spent the day at home remembering their son what could not wait until tomorrow.
James looked at his wife; he could not lie to her. "I'm, I'm going to see moony and padfoot"
Lily went stone still; it was not that she to do not want to go it was just it had been so long, what they would say. After thinking it over for a few minutes, she decided.
"Well then I am coming to"
"Really?"
"Of course, they are my friends as well"
"Of course, well why don't we tell the kids that we are leaving for a little while"
"no need, I asked Mrs. Tobin's, if they could stay the night, Brandon gets on just great with Sam, and same goes for Izzy and Gina."
"Oh okay then well than shall we go?"
"Where to first?"
"well knowing Sirius he has probably moved six or so times in the past fifteen years, you know him, but I would not be surprised if Remus still lived in that apartment"
"Yeah your probably right, so Remus' first"
James nodded and they counted softly in their heads and apparated away.
Lily and James both around with a faded pop outside the apartment that they had not been to in a good fifteen years.
They took a deep breath in unison, and glanced quickly at one another, with a brief nod James reached to the bright blue door and knocked lightly but hard enough for Remus to hear.
"Coming, coming" James and Lily could hear muffled through the door.
They had to wait several more minutes as Remus undid some protective charms so that he could first at least see who was at the door. Lily and James waited patiently knowing that Remus and Sirius had probably waited patiently for fifteen years for them to come and knock on the door.
Remus was sitting with a bowl of cereal at the kitchen table, he was tired like always but tonight he was slightly more energetic as it had been Harry's birthday and it had been so good to see Harry happy and laughing like he used to before to many troubles had reached his doorstep.
Just as he finished putting the half empty milk carton back in his muggle fridge he heard a knock at the door.
'Who could that be' he thought knowing that if it was Sirius or the order they would have fire called him.
He mumbled that he was coming and did just that. He headed over to his door and started to undo all off the protection shields, being a member of a secret organization to put an end to Voldemort certainly put you on a hit list.
Finally they were all gone, and he walked up to the door and peered through the muggle peep hall, and saw something that he was not prepared for.
Knowing very well that they might be death eaters and there fore would not wait very much later for entry he opened the door prepared to fight them.
The door swung open and James and lily saw their old friend Remus Lupin with his wand pointed at them.
"Who are you, and what kind of a sick joke do you think that you are playing"
"whoa, moony its us, James and Lily no need to get so defensive" James said glad to see his friends face once more, he regretted ever leaving without saying goodbye.
His friend looked so tired and old, though he was only 35 years old. His lycanthropy was showing through more than it had back in his school days, his dirty blonde hair was littered with small silver streaks, and his face wore wrinkles from a gaunt face that had been morphed to many times.
"That is impossible, Lily and James Potter are dead, now show who you really are before I send for the ministry"
"Moony seriously it is us, look I will prove it" James said somewhat confused as to why his old friend thought that he was dead, he was concerned greatly at the attitude that moony had put forth.
"You have five minutes or I send for the ministry" Remus said, he had ounce of hope in his heart that they were actually telling the truth.
James thought for a minute, "Back in school you, Sirius, me and that disgusting rat peter, were part of a group called the marauders"
"Anyone could have found that out" Remus said simply.
"We called ourselves, moony, wormtail, padfoot, and prongs, you because you are a werewolf, Pettigrew because he had the animagus form of a rat, Sirius because he had the animagus form of a dog, and prongs because I have the animagus for of a stag."
"Many are aware of this" Remus said, though that ounce of hope was starting to grow.
"Um… In fourth year the marauders as we called ourselves made a map of Hogwarts called the Marauders Map, it showed everything and anyone, what they were doing of every minute of every day, but it was confiscated in our seventh year by filch"
Remus was more now on the believing terms now since so few knew of their invention but decided to put them through a test, " if you are really James and Lily then you would not mind if I ask you a few questions?"
Both lily and James nodded grateful that there old friend would even believe them at this point.
"First off, when I was back in school I told the marauders only that I had a crush on one of lily's friends who was it"
This time it was lily that answered, "That would be Marie"
That ounce of hope just kept bouncing higher and higher, "okay next question, in sixth year who was it that found out about my lycanthrope"
"Unfortunately it was Snape, after Sirius accidentally set him on your tracks after a particularly vicious prank done by the Slytherin's."
It just kept growing and growing…
"One, one more question, what was the exact date that Lily finally accepted to go on a date with James" he knew that the real James would know this after pining for the girl for six years.
"That is the easiest question ever; it was our seventh year, January 13th, 1977 at exactly 4:53."
Remus paled considerably at this he could not deny it any longer, they looked exactly like lily and James did, they acted in the same mannerisms, with James patting his hair, while lily would shift back and forth on her feet just like at school, and on top of appearances and actions they had answered every single question right, right down to the last minute.
"Lily, James, its really you isn't it" Remus said his eyes glazing over.
"Of course it is who you thought it was Moony"
Remus did not answer he just gave them both a hug that would leave imprints on their backs. He could not believe it his best friends were alive, but how?
"I don't understand how you are alive?"
"What do you mean how are we alive?"
"You have been dead for the past fifteen years have you not?" Remus asked.
"no we haven't, after we learnt that Harry had died we moved to Ireland, seeking a cut off from the wizarding world completely as it had failed us we are sorry that we never said goodbye, I did not even think that you would think us dead." James said very fast.
"Harry? Dead? Harry is not dead James; he is very much a live"
"what are you talking about, he died" lily said Trying her best not to completely get his hopes up at the fact that Remus had just said that her son was alive, tears were in her eyes as well by now.
"I think that this would be a good time to call Sirius and Dumbledore" Remus said feeling that not only would this be one of the happiest nights of his life it would also be a very long one.
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